Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-01-10
A SICKENING HORROR.
A Dog Unearths a Dead Babe
on Ogden Bench.
PARTLY EATEN BY THE OUR.
The Terrible Discovery of an ogden
hoy on Saturday Morning-A
Weil-DevelOped Girl Babe Dug
From snow and Dirt.

On Saturday forenoon a son OF n. Q.
Flygare, living on the Ogden bench,
noticed his dog coming from the Lester
Park Square with an infant corpse which
the animal dropped in ditch. He went
to inform the police, who soon appeared
on the spot where the body had been
lying, partly covered with snow and dirt
for possibly week.
At Up. IN. Coroner Mark Hall COM
menced the inquest in the City Hall,
Joseph Hall, VIM. Chappell and Jas. M.
Brown acting as jurors. DR.. A. S. Con-
don was called in by the county officials,
OF whom G. G.. Richards, prosecuting
attorney, was also present to take judicial
cognizance Of the mysterious occurrence.
The body of the infant who had found
a grave before a cradle, was OF unusual
size and development, measuring twelve
inches from umbilirus to verteX, weig h.
ing fully ten pounds. The lower part OF
the right leg being chewed off by the
dog, which had also inflicted other bite
wounds on the little corpse.
The following is the result OF the
doctors autopsy Female child, born at
the full term had bruise over right
eve, frontal bone depressed,
A WOUND
Over the lower margin of the occipital
bone, both OF which wounds might have
the birth. Another wound was found
over the centre of the right lung and one
over the region of the heart, both being
probably made by the teeth of the dog,
apparently haveing been made after the
body had peen frozen. The doctor was
unwilling to swear from the appearance
of the umblical chord whether it was
severed by knife or by the teeth of the
dog. If the child had not been at full
term, the lungs would have been hidden
behind the thymous gland, escaping
notice on raising the sternum. There
would have been Il dirtybro color,
and the various bones would have lacked
Justification. On the other hand the
lungs were at once observed in theil
proper place, the doctor succeeding in
the hydrostatic test. The blood OF the
lung was of bright pink color. These
things show conclusively that the lungs
had contained atmospheric air, but the
doctor held that this by no means proved
conclusively that the child was borr
alive, because the mother, in order to re
suscitate the child might have endea
vored to induce artificial respiration by
BREATHING INTO THE cHTLD's MOUTH,
Through her own mouth. There was
great difficulty in severing the ribs, being
thoroughly ossified, as were most of the
bones OF the body. Hence the child was
as above stated, full born, the mother
having arrived at the final term OF gesta
ton. Had the child been discovered
Immediately after its birth, the Skin
would have been of bright pink color
which hue was observed on the parts
covered by the snow, while the exposed
abdomen showed green color anC
purified appearance.
This is the substance OF the medica
testimony, derived from careful anC
minute examination, given at the post
poned inquest session, this forenoon
when other witnesses gave evidence as t.
the finding OF the body, etc. The jury'I
verdict was in consonance with the fore
going. The officers of the law are max
ing efforts to ferret out the perpetrator
ofthe dastardly crime.
OGDEN, Jan. 10, 1887